Director:

Micki Pannozzo Meyer
mmeyer@rollins.edu
407-691-1754

Micki Pannozzo Meyer serves as the Director of the Office of Community Engagement at Rollins College. She collaborates with faculty across disciplines and passions in providing students the opportunity to serve and create change in the community through service-learning and engagement. Micki also works extensively with students in helping them to identify their passion in creating positive change in our local and global communities.

Micki received a BS in Human Communication and Media Management from the State University of New York College at Fredonia and Master of Arts in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University. She served as the Assistant Director for the LEAD Scholars Program at the University of Central Florida for four years before joining the Rollins College family in fall 2005.

Micki is a learner, observer, and active community member. She enjoys spending time with her wonderful and supportive husband David, working on her new house, engaging in the community, staying active with friends, watching NFL and College football, reading, and participating in arts and photography.

Assistant Director:

Meredith Hein
mhein@rollins.edu
407-691-1021

Meredith Hein serves as the Assistant Director for the Office of Community Engagement at Rollins College. She completed her Master's degree in Education Leadership: Student Personnel Administration at UCF in May of 2007. A native Floridian, she is originally from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Meredith shared that she feels that working in higher education allows her to continually learn from those around her, as well as to teach. Meredith loves to learn and laugh, and as a member of the Rollins community, she gets the opportunity to do that on a daily basis.

Motivating, teaching, and giving back to others is what inspires Meredith to be only a small part of such an amazingly engaged community. She plays an active role in overseeing the J.U.M.P initiative and SPARC program. For Meredith, it is more than watching the students grow after 4 years of college, it is as Lao Tzu once said, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”

Additionally, in her free time, Meredith loves spending time with friends and family. She also really enjoys dining out, watching movies, playing with her dog Jack, rooting on the Yankees and catching up on sleep!

 

Community & Office Coordinator :

Annie Howe-Pernezny
mhowe@rollins.edu
407-691-1754

Annie Howe-Pernezny has the honor of working in the Office of Community Engagement as the community and office coordinator. Annie is originally from Wisconsin and came to Florida for college getting her Bacherlor of Science in Business Management at UCF. She recently finished her MBA here at the Crummer Graduate School. Some of Annie's favorite nonprofit agencies to work with include Children's Miracle Network, American Cancer Society, and Give Kids the World.

As a member of the Office of Community Engagement staff Annie has the amazing opportunity to assist students in finding their area of passion in service to the greater Central Florida community. It's always inspiring to see the difference that one student can make in their community in such a short amount of time. Remember that "the difference between 'ordinary' and 'extraordinary' is just that little extra" ~ anonymous. Come visit Annie in Community Engagement so she can help you create that "extra" for you.

Americorps VISTA :

Gabe Anderson
gcanderson@rollins.edu
407-691-1250

Gabe Anderson is excited to serve this year as Rollins’ first ever AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer, and even more excited to join the OCE team. A native of Oviedo, FL and a graduate of the University of Richmond, Gabe will be working towards the VISTA goal of eliminating poverty by engaging the Rollins community in service-learning partnerships with underserved and underprivileged groups in Central Florida. He will be working especially with the mentoring program at Fern Creek Elementary, RCCs and first-year students, and with LLCs.

An avid traveler, Gabe just returned from a four-month journey through England, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and Burma. While he’s not busy traveling or fighting poverty and injustice, Gabe enjoys a variety of activities that are best pursued outside of Florida, including mountain biking, rock climbing, and hiking. He also enjoys exploring the bounds of facial hair design, playing soccer and (beach) volleyball, and canoeing.

Graduate Assistant:

Adrianne Benso
abenso@rollins.edu
407-691-1256

Adrianne Benso has the great privilege of working here at Rollins as the Graduate Assistant in the Office of Community Engagement. Adrianne works closely with Meredith, Micki, Gabe, and Annie to engage the Rollins students in Service-Learning projects within the community and to infuse service into the educational experience of undergraduate coursework. This includes overseeing the students on the J.U.M.P. team, planning and organizing the events for the SPARC Day of Community, and designing meaningful Immersion experiences for the Rollins students.

Adrianne is a proud Rollins alumni (2004) having completed her undergraduate work with a major in Psychology. During all four years as a student here Adrianne served as a volunteer to the Child Development Center, and also served one year as the classroom teacher in the 2005-2006 school year. Recently she has begun the Mental Health Counseling Graduate Program here at the Rollins College Holt School and is looking toward a future in the discipline of psychology, ideally in the setting of a college campus. This particular setting is a unique opportunity to learn, teach, grow and inspire. Adrianne shared that she has benefitted greatly from being a member of the Rollins College community and feels very blessed to be in role in which she can be part of the Rollins experience for future Rollins College Graduates.

On a more personal level, some of Adrianne's very favorite things include being best friends with her sister and being “Auntie Adge” to her beautiful niece and nephew. Adrianne also loves to curl up with her oversized Black Lab, Louie, and to take a good nap any chance she gets. She loves to unwind with her friends, play games, listen to good music and enjoy good comedy.

… If there is one thing that Adrianne enjoys more than chocolate, it is laughing.

 

Student Assistants:

For Student Assistants bios, click here.

Melanie Gnecco
mgnecco@rollins.edu
407-691-1250

Katie Powell
klpowell@rollins.edu
407-691-1250

Michelle Lonk
malonk@rollins.edu
407-691-1250

Megan Lanier
mlanier@rollins.edu
407-691-1250

Anna Montoya
amontoya@rollins.edu
407-691-1250

Elise Baxter
ebaxter@rollins.edu
407-691-1250